Among items for sale at the Brethren Press bookstore in the Annual Conference exhibit hall is a brand-new book by publisher Wendy McFadden. Notes to the Church (Brethren Press, 2024) presents a selection chosen from McFadden’s 25 years of columns that have appeared in each issue of Messenger
Some highlights of the opening day of the 2024 Annual Conference, including quotes and images from worship, a new book debuting at the Brethren Press bookstore, and more.
Today the Standing Committee of district delegates to the Church of the Brethren Annual Conference held its annual consultation with leadership of the Mission and Ministry Board and the three Conference agencies—Bethany Theological Seminary, Eder Financial, and On Earth Peace.
The Standing Committee of district delegates to Annual Conference began pre-Conference meetings the evening of Sunday, June 30. Those meetings continue through Wednesday morning, July 3. Standing Committee was led by Annual Conference moderator Madalyn Metzger, assisted by moderator-elect Dava Hensley and Conference secretary David Shumate.
The Calling Denominational Leadership Study Committee has developed a survey and is asking Church of the Brethren members to complete it. The survey asks about the experience of the nomination process and suggestions to improve the process.
Daily onsite coverage of the 2024 Annual Conference of the Church of the Brethren in Grand Rapids, Mich., will be posted online July 1-7 at www.brethren.org/news/ac2024.
The reports and business items that will come before the delegate body at Annual Conference have been translated into Spanish and can be found at www.brethren.org/ac2024/business.
Each year, Church of the Brethren congregations across the country are invited to form one large worshiping congregation on Annual Conference Sunday by tuning in to the webcast of worship that morning. This year, you and your congregation are invited to join the streaming worship on Sunday, July 7, at www.brethren.org/ac2024/webcasts.
International guests at the 2024 Annual Conference include top leadership from several Church of the Brethren sister denominations around the world as well as a number from B.E.S.T. in Nigeria.
The Office of Peacebuilding and Policy and the Brethren Creation Care Network are sponsoring an educational walking tour of the Ken-O-Sha watershed in Grand Rapids, Mich., during Annual Conference.
